Jackson struck out 49 times against Bert Blyleven in only 140 plate appearances. Even worse, he struck out 27 times in only 77 plate appearances against Jim Kaat.
John Hiller struck out Jackson the most times without Reggie getting a homer off him. Hiller got Reggie on strikes in 23 of 53 plate appearances.
Nellie Fox was no Reggie Jackson. Not many homers (35 career), no attitude and no candy bar. Oh, and no strikeouts either.
On this day in 1958 Nellie Fox struck out in a game. That was big news because Fox went 98 games in a row without striking out. In 19 years he struck out a total of 216 times. His highest in a season was 18.
Those numbers sound crazy but the details are even more amazing. He came up to bat against legendary strikeout pitcher Bob Feller 80 times and never struck out. Not even a called third strike that he would argue about with the umpire.
Amazingly, he had 144 plate appearances against Ned Garver without a strikeout.
No pitcher struck out Fox more than eight times. That was Camilo Pascual who Fox faced 121 times.
I really want to create a custom card of Fox.
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